Honda CB500X (2015) Context Well, when one person in the family get's new shiny stuff then surely it's impossible for someone else not to get tempted, right? Having forever been a fan of Yamahas, my old man followed suit a year or two ag ...

The Yamaha XJ900, in its earliest form, was a hit in the early 80's. It's smooth, no fuss and no nonsense 4 cylinder, 4 stroke engine was a revelation to the era that was obsessed with costly 2 stroke speed. Coupled with a relatively uncommon shaft drive ...

Advantages: Great Handling Little Does look ok overall. Handles very well indeed.Disadvantages: Tempermental Electrics. Performance may not be what you expect.

Introduction:- When I had my Suzuki TL1000R written off following an accident a few years back I was after a fairly inexpensive bike as a stop gap to last me between motorcycles after I had to give back the hire bike that I had on my insurance, whilst I ...

Advantages: Won't draw too much attention to youDisadvantages: Could do with a little more protection - ie larger screen as standard

BMW bikes aren’t to everyone’s tastes – for many years they were seen as ‘old men’s’ machines, and their styling tended to be mild rather than wild. The R1200R is the entry level ‘boxer’ model – the one with the most traditional styling, it doesn’t prete ...

I've had my 1981 CM200T (nicknamed Zippy by a previous owner) for about 18 months now, and whilst I've only done about 2k miles over that time, it hasn't once skipped a beat. I bought it with a genuine 13k on the clock for £450 as it had been stored for ...